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pbs is an aggregation of content. children's content is available to teachers, homeschoolers, parents, right now it is being utilized by 1.83 million people and one third of all american teacherteachers aren't using thd every state has this available. they work with schools and supplements what teachers do. teachers are under such pressure in this new digital age, and whether it is through pbs were even ready to learn, we have programs that enable teachers to become more familiar with how to use these objects and how to use the technology in the classroom and state-by-state each one has tailored to their state. it's one of the things we should talk more about and in fact we have so many teachers saying they are inundated with this thing, that thing. this is free and available for over a million people. we want to increase it because it has been tested and it needs to be expanded. >> thank you and thank you mr. chairman. >> i will indulge myself if i may take my questions asked and go tnext andgo to the gentle lam cali
pbs is an aggregation of content. children's content is available to teachers, homeschoolers, parents, right now it is being utilized by 1.83 million people and one third of all american teacherteachers aren't using thd every state has this available. they work with schools and supplements what teachers do. teachers are under such pressure in this new digital age, and whether it is through pbs were even ready to learn, we have programs that enable teachers to become more familiar with how to...
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once he was an pbs he did as well as the other public affairs shows on pbs. so pbs never published -- showed heir ratings but they would hire nielsen to do numbers for. the, and then send the numbers out to their producers running the program, and he was doing okay. which means on the low end the highest numbers for a pbs were "sesame street," they wereor pbs really -- they had upstairs and downstairs and masterpiece theater and british imports that were popular, and to buckley's...
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it was then broadcast nationally on pbs in may did very well on pbs and then it was released digitally and it's still available digitally. it's on amazon and viewers can go to our website manifold productions.com with a full list of how to watch it. and that film was based on a very long interview with clarence thomas. i think you could see that. he looked right at the camera and tells his story in his own words from his beginnings to today. so i interviewed him for over 24 hours over four month period and jenny for five or six hours and they're the only interviews in the film. and that's why it's clarence thomas in his own words, but it was a 25-hour interview and it's only two hour film. so my co-auth book mark, paelletta, a long-term friend of the thomases had the idea that we should take some of that material and put it in a book and the book is 95% new material, but it follows the same pattern as the film. it tells his life story from the beginnings to the to the court and on to today. so i think this is a important moment for people to understand justice thomas, whereas ideas com
it was then broadcast nationally on pbs in may did very well on pbs and then it was released digitally and it's still available digitally. it's on amazon and viewers can go to our website manifold productions.com with a full list of how to watch it. and that film was based on a very long interview with clarence thomas. i think you could see that. he looked right at the camera and tells his story in his own words from his beginnings to today. so i interviewed him for over 24 hours over four...
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in was why pbs was enthusiastic. this is the way thomas saw his life. if yound want to understand him and supreme court rulings it's understanding who he is and where hees comes from. hehe followed the evolution and committed to doing the film. one thing about justice thomas he's very stubborn. he agrees to do something and sticks with it. hi did stickt with it. a lotot of trust in a film maker and didn't see it until it was broadcast on pbs. >> you and your coauthor described him as the greatest supreme court justice at all time. >> sthat's mark. i'm notm an expert on the supre court. i think it's true that he's now one of the most -- he's a strong influence. many people fall to it. this iss the strongest influence athe moment. that's whyre it's important for people to read the book. whatever their politics. >> we wantede it to be on pbs because we wanted a broad swath of america to see him and we wantedt that for the book as well. >> one theme that came out is justice thomas likes to take the longer view. >> i think that's true they are createdd equal
in was why pbs was enthusiastic. this is the way thomas saw his life. if yound want to understand him and supreme court rulings it's understanding who he is and where hees comes from. hehe followed the evolution and committed to doing the film. one thing about justice thomas he's very stubborn. he agrees to do something and sticks with it. hi did stickt with it. a lotot of trust in a film maker and didn't see it until it was broadcast on pbs. >> you and your coauthor described him as the...
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o [laughter] >> he got along pbs then when the reagan administration defunded pbs and all the pbs programming had up and down from that, when reagan defunded pbs it was great to read the letters to people raising money, jie, reagan has defunded pbs, now i need you to pay for it. not surprising he was sporting the free market and capitalism, there were a lot of wealthy capitalists, here is money to keep the show going. foundations funded the show over years. he had ups and downs on pbs but basically there was never a doubt to get the money he needed once it was defunded in the 80's. it soldiered on. last question. yes. [inaudible] >> in your preparation for research on the book, you must have read some of his books, i'm sure a lot of them, did you have any favorites among those that ewe thought sort of really got to him, his other stuff where you felt he was really powers? >> i believe -- i think it's cruising speed. is that '72 or so. that's a really fun one. i would recommend cruising speed. a lot people like unmaking of the mayor the most. and i think it's okay but cruising speed saw really
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once he was on pbs, he did as well as the other public affairs shows on pbs. pbs never published -- showed their ratings, but they sporadically but hired nelson to do numbers for them and send the numbers out to their producers running the programs. he was doing okay, which means on the low end. the highest numbers or pbs for "sesame street." bed upstairs, downstairs and masterpiece theatre and this british import or popular in the 70s and 80s. and to buckley's chagrin, monty python circus did very well on pbs. and pbs was thrilled because they have not done viewers expect the toddler set from "sesame street." they were getting young male viewers watching specifically watching monty python. it was just beneath him to even consider this was a good tv show. i actually say in the book he must've been so chagrined by margaret thatcher parodied the dead parrot sketch from monty python and the public address. although he might not have even gotten it. she said something like the liberal party is dead. making fun of them and they're probably like what is she doing? s
once he was on pbs, he did as well as the other public affairs shows on pbs. pbs never published -- showed their ratings, but they sporadically but hired nelson to do numbers for them and send the numbers out to their producers running the programs. he was doing okay, which means on the low end. the highest numbers or pbs for "sesame street." bed upstairs, downstairs and masterpiece theatre and this british import or popular in the 70s and 80s. and to buckley's chagrin, monty python...
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did very wellin pbs and then it was released digitally and it is still available digitally on amazon viewers go to website manifold production.com with the full list of how to watch it. film was based on a very long interview as clarence thomas pretty think you canan see he looked right at the camera and tells his story in his own words from the beginning to today. i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a 24 month period and his wife. the only interviews in the film. that is why it's clarence thomas in his own words. the 25on hour interview on onlya two hour film. my co-author of the book, a long-term friend of the thomases had the idea we should take some of that material inputted in a book. the book is at 95% new material but it follows the same pattern as the filbert tells his life story from t the beginning to te court and onto today. important moment for people to understand justice thomas where he comes from and who he is as a person. what was it like to try to convince a supreme court justices sit down? >> it was not easy to longest interview ever granted of a filmmaker by a
did very wellin pbs and then it was released digitally and it is still available digitally on amazon viewers go to website manifold production.com with the full list of how to watch it. film was based on a very long interview as clarence thomas pretty think you canan see he looked right at the camera and tells his story in his own words from the beginning to today. i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a 24 month period and his wife. the only interviews in the film. that is why it's clarence...
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pbs is the national programming service, the national distribution service. they do a lot of work with the local stations in terms of improving management and so forth. they're private. they're also private, and nonprofit, and the association of public television stations is the organization for the licensees themselves, the people on the ground in hundreds of american communities who hold these licenses from the federal government and who provide all these local services, programming, and education, and other community services that we have described, and it's my honor to represent all of them here in washington. >> host: one more question before we turn back to cal mam lalanne. ken stern quoted as staying that perhaps npr would be better off without federal funding. whatting are your thoughts. >> guest: well, npr itself doesn't receive much direct federal funding. the local public radio stations receive a fair amount of federal funding, and some of that money goes to npr for the purchase of programming services. but the typical breakdown for a local radio,
pbs is the national programming service, the national distribution service. they do a lot of work with the local stations in terms of improving management and so forth. they're private. they're also private, and nonprofit, and the association of public television stations is the organization for the licensees themselves, the people on the ground in hundreds of american communities who hold these licenses from the federal government and who provide all these local services, programming, and...
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almost all of them have been broadcast nationally on pbs, which we're grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource and actually mark, my co-author was the originator of that idea. i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author, but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing your name on a book, an actual physical book, nopt just an e-book, there's an e-book, but something about seeing your name in a book that's great. >> michael pack, the co-author of "created equal, clarence thomas in his own words" he's president of manifold productions, inc. we appreciate you being on book tv. >> thank you very much. >> if you're enjoying book tv then sign up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen. to receive the schedule of upcoming programs, author discussions, book festivals and more. book tv every sunday on c-span2 or anytime online at book tv.org. television for serious readers. ♪♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's s
almost all of them have been broadcast nationally on pbs, which we're grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource and actually mark, my co-author was the originator of that idea. i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author, but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing your name on a book, an actual physical book, nopt just an e-book, there's an e-book, but something about seeing your name in a book that's great....
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he did not tells broadcast on pbs. see what you described your co-author as the greatest supreme court justice of all time. why was that? >> that would be mark. i do not consider myself an expert of the supreme court rabbit documentary filmmaker. i think it is surely true strong influence on the supreme court. thomasople call the court it's obviously the robert court. the strongest influence at the moment. that's what's important for people to read the book and understand whatever their politics we really wanted the film to be on pbs because we wanted a broad swath of america see and understand him. we want that for the book as well. one of the themes that came out in the book inn the interview is that justice thomas likes to take the longer view. >> i think that is true. we call it created equal because his life really is -- based on the way he sees the declaration of independence, the core principles how they are really the constitution. and i think you can understand it if you follow his life story. you understand t
he did not tells broadcast on pbs. see what you described your co-author as the greatest supreme court justice of all time. why was that? >> that would be mark. i do not consider myself an expert of the supreme court rabbit documentary filmmaker. i think it is surely true strong influence on the supreme court. thomasople call the court it's obviously the robert court. the strongest influence at the moment. that's what's important for people to read the book and understand whatever their...
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almost all of them broadcast nationally on pbs which we are grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because they had this resource mark my co-author was the originator of the idea. but i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing your name in a book. an actual physical book, not just an e-book. there is an e-book but there's something about seeing her name in a book that is really great. >> michael pack is the author of "created equal: clarence thomas in his own words" and he's president ofmanifold productions incorporated . we appreciate your being on book tv. >> book tv every sunday on c-span2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books read at 8 pm eastern former republican south carolina governor un ambassador nikki haley shares her book if you want something done she talks about the women she's drawn inspiration from throughout her life . then at 10 pm eastern on "after words" professor chris miller traces the history of microchip te
almost all of them broadcast nationally on pbs which we are grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because they had this resource mark my co-author was the originator of the idea. but i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing your name in a book. an actual physical book, not just an e-book. there is an e-book but there's something about seeing her name in a book that is really great. >>...
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released january 2020 at 110 theaters in the covid cut it short and it was broadcast nationally on pbs in may. then released digitally and still available digitally on amazon so viewers can go to the website with a full list on how to watch it and the film was based on a long interview with clarence thomas. i think you can see he looks at the camera and tells his story in his own words so i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a four-month period and jimmy five or six hours. clarence thomas in his own words, 25 hour interview and a two hour film so my co-author, a long-term friend of the thomases to the material put in a book. it's 95% new material that follows the same pattern as the film and tells his life story from the beginning onto today so i think it's an important moment for people to understand just as thomas, where is come from and who he is. >> what was it like convince to sit down for 24 hours? >> it was not easy and it's the longest interview ever v rentedy anyop supreme court justice ludm oonce elected to be interviewed but the film evolved and each stage was honest and
released january 2020 at 110 theaters in the covid cut it short and it was broadcast nationally on pbs in may. then released digitally and still available digitally on amazon so viewers can go to the website with a full list on how to watch it and the film was based on a long interview with clarence thomas. i think you can see he looks at the camera and tells his story in his own words so i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a four-month period and jimmy five or six hours. clarence thomas...
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wasn't he was on pbs, he did about as well as other public affair shows on pbs. pbs never published, showed the ratings but would hire to do numbers for them and then send the numbers out to theirs producers running the programs and he was, you know, okay, which means like on the low end. the highest numbers for pbs were sesame streets. they were really -- upstairs and downstairs and british import that is were popular in the 70's and 80's. much better and pbs was thrilled because they had no young viewers except the toddlers frot sesame street. they kept getting young malero viewers watching and specifically watching money python and what is money python, beneath him to even consider that this was a good tv show, i actually say in the book, he must have been so when margaret thatcher in a public address. he might have even gotten it. the liberal party is dead, this is a dead liberal party. he was probably just like, what is she doing. he got along on pbs and then when the reagan administrationnn defunded pbs, nixon try today defund it and all of the pbs programm
wasn't he was on pbs, he did about as well as other public affair shows on pbs. pbs never published, showed the ratings but would hire to do numbers for them and then send the numbers out to theirs producers running the programs and he was, you know, okay, which means like on the low end. the highest numbers for pbs were sesame streets. they were really -- upstairs and downstairs and british import that is were popular in the 70's and 80's. much better and pbs was thrilled because they had no...
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almost all of them broadcast nationally on pbs which i'm grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource my co-author was the originator of that idea. i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author but i have to say there's something gratifying about seeing your name in a book. an actual physical book, not just any book, there is an e-book about their something about seeing your name in a book that's great. >> host: michael pack, author of "ceated equal: clarence thomas in his own words," president of manifold productions inc. . thank you for being on booktv. >> be up-to-date in the latest in publishing with booktv's podcast about books on with current nonfiction book releases plus best seller lists and industry news and trends through insider interviews. you can find about books on c-span now, our free mobile apps or wherever you get your podcasts.
almost all of them broadcast nationally on pbs which i'm grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource my co-author was the originator of that idea. i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author but i have to say there's something gratifying about seeing your name in a book. an actual physical book, not just any book, there is an e-book about their something about seeing your name in a book that's great. >> host: michael pack,...
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he got along on pbs and then when the reagan administration defunded pbs and nixon tried to defund it and all of pbs programming that ups and downs but when reagan defunded pbs it's great to read the letters that buckley sent out to people raising money.ou to pa reagan defunded pbs and now we need to fund it. was supporting s. and a lot of crony capitalists were like yes, it's a great show so the orange foundation, but other private foundations and so on and so forth funded the show over the years. so he had some ups and downs on pbs but basically there was never a doubt that he would get the money he needed once it wasg funded in the 80s so it soldiered on. last question. yes. >> in your preparation for research on the book you must to read some of his looks. i'm sure a lot of them. did you have any favorites among those. his other stuff where you felt like he really had power. >> i think it's cruising speed, is that like 72 or so?o? that's a really fun one and i would recommend cruising speed. it ranks up there with the new journalism and so on and so forth. i think it's okay but cr
he got along on pbs and then when the reagan administration defunded pbs and nixon tried to defund it and all of pbs programming that ups and downs but when reagan defunded pbs it's great to read the letters that buckley sent out to people raising money.ou to pa reagan defunded pbs and now we need to fund it. was supporting s. and a lot of crony capitalists were like yes, it's a great show so the orange foundation, but other private foundations and so on and so forth funded the show over the...
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these debates are produced in collaboration with new hampshire pbs and we're probably help guidelines as we bring them to you today. all four of us are in separate studios and all of us wore masks in public areas of our office. here's our format. each candidate will have 60 60 seconds deliver an opening statement and then moved to questions with 60 seconds to respond and in many cases josh
these debates are produced in collaboration with new hampshire pbs and we're probably help guidelines as we bring them to you today. all four of us are in separate studios and all of us wore masks in public areas of our office. here's our format. each candidate will have 60 60 seconds deliver an opening statement and then moved to questions with 60 seconds to respond and in many cases josh
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paul is the president and ceo of pbs. next to paula is joyce slocum as the interim president and ceo of npr. she's been the general counselors there for several years. next to choice is bill kling who is the ceo of american public media which is both a national producer of programs and also has under its umbrella 44 public radio stations across the country. and next to bill is caryn mathes who is the general manager of wamu here in washington. so welcome to all of you. 90. i'm going to start, pat, with you. because we're going to start first of all by talking about the federal funding debate, crisis, and what lies ahead. and as i ask you were talking a little bit before, before this session, what happened in the budget deal? we were hearing that public radio and planned parenthood were definitely on the table, definitely going to get cut. the deal gets made. we look in the newspaper and the cpp which is the funding corporation, congress gives the money to the corporation for public broadcasting corporation of public broad
paul is the president and ceo of pbs. next to paula is joyce slocum as the interim president and ceo of npr. she's been the general counselors there for several years. next to choice is bill kling who is the ceo of american public media which is both a national producer of programs and also has under its umbrella 44 public radio stations across the country. and next to bill is caryn mathes who is the general manager of wamu here in washington. so welcome to all of you. 90. i'm going to start,...
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over 14, 15 films almost all of them nationally on pbs which we're grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource and actually mark, my co-author was the originator of that idea and i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author, but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing yourself in a book, an actual physical book, and there's something about seeing your name in a book that's really great. >> michael pack is the co-author of "created equal: clarence thomas in his own words" and manifold, inc. we thank you for being on book tv. >> thank you very much. ♪♪ american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 12:30 p.m. eastern on the presidency, house speaker nancy pelosi along with the missouri congressional delegation unveil a bronze statue of harry truman to the u.s. capitol rotunda. 1:30 p.m. eastern the 35th anniversary of the p.o.w.'s in vietnam in 1973. the author talks about their harrowing experience and the work of the nati
over 14, 15 films almost all of them nationally on pbs which we're grateful for. this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film because we had this resource and actually mark, my co-author was the originator of that idea and i think of myself as a filmmaker rather than an author, but i have to say there's something satisfying about seeing yourself in a book, an actual physical book, and there's something about seeing your name in a book that's really great. >> michael pack is the...
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eastern on your local pbs station. why make this documentary? what was the goal? >> every four years we make a choice of the presidential candidates it's two hours right before the election in october. and essentially the idea is to get inside the life we don't interview the candidates but their friends and family and people who have known them all their life as close as we can get and we try to answer the t question the boy the father and the man if you learn to do everything you can about biden and this year trump and biden and weaver together it is a very interesting picture we've taken the best parts of the biden story and it helps people understand on the eve of the election who he is in the aspects of his life that may contribute to how he would be as president. >> what are those aspects? >> he has made a lot of mistakes. he is learn something important in life to apologize which is very different from donald trump he freely one - - freely admits his mistakes and apologizes and maybe the most important the emotional and useful method he has is he perseveres
eastern on your local pbs station. why make this documentary? what was the goal? >> every four years we make a choice of the presidential candidates it's two hours right before the election in october. and essentially the idea is to get inside the life we don't interview the candidates but their friends and family and people who have known them all their life as close as we can get and we try to answer the t question the boy the father and the man if you learn to do everything you can...
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you can accept or reject it but that's what i think pbs was enthusiastic. it doesn't say this is the truth, this is the way he saw his life and if you want to understand him understand his recent supreme court ruling, it's worth understanding who he is and where he comes from . so he followed evolution and he committed to doing the film and one of the things about justice thomas is he's very stubborn. he agreed to do something, he sticks with it despite of temptation may be to not stick with he did stick with it and had no real control so it was a lot of trust in the film and he didn't see it until it was broadcast on pbs . >> you described him as the greatest supreme court justice of all time. >> i do not consider myself anexpert of the supreme court. i'm a documentary filmmaker . i think it is surely true that he is now one of the most, a strong influence on the supreme court. many people. it's the roberts court but hyi feel he's perhaps the strongest influence at the a moment and that's what i want for people to read the book and see the movie and unders
you can accept or reject it but that's what i think pbs was enthusiastic. it doesn't say this is the truth, this is the way he saw his life and if you want to understand him understand his recent supreme court ruling, it's worth understanding who he is and where he comes from . so he followed evolution and he committed to doing the film and one of the things about justice thomas is he's very stubborn. he agreed to do something, he sticks with it despite of temptation may be to not stick with he...
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a hundred0 and ten theaters and covertly cut it short and it was broadcast nationally on pbs in aimay and it did very well and s in released digitally and is still available digitally, on amazon viewers can go to our website with a full list of how to watch it and that was based on a long interview with clarence thomas. you. he tells his story in his own words from beginning to today. i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a four-month period and jimmy for five or six hours that only interviews in the film that's why clarence thomas in his own words, it was a 25 hour video on a two hour film. my co-authors, a long-term friend of the thomases had the idea that we should take some of that material and put it in a book, the book is 95% new material but a policy same pattern of the film it tells his life story from the beginning to the court and onto today. i think this is an important moment for people to understand that justice thomas, where he came from and who he is. >> what was it like to convince a supreme court justice to sit down for 24 hours. >> it was not easy and it's about l
a hundred0 and ten theaters and covertly cut it short and it was broadcast nationally on pbs in aimay and it did very well and s in released digitally and is still available digitally, on amazon viewers can go to our website with a full list of how to watch it and that was based on a long interview with clarence thomas. you. he tells his story in his own words from beginning to today. i interviewed him for over 24 hours over a four-month period and jimmy for five or six hours that only...
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i also love npr and pbs. i remember in 1983 when there was this raucous about trying to demolish pbs public broadcasting and at that time i wrote my congressman please don't try to get rid of public broadcasting. that is crazy, it is free information for everyone. it doesn't matter who you are, you get information about everything. i remember as a child watching the electric company. it would be a national shame to alter president johnson's initiative to help broadcasting for everyone. that is one point. keep up the good work. i am worried about listening lately and the heritage foundation -- won't get into that because i don't agree with them but everyone has to have their opinion. >> host: let me hear from greg in idaho, independent caller. >> caller: good morning, ladies. thank you, c-span and pbs and npr not so much. i would have to say you pretty much summed it up in your mission statement very clearly when you talk with the 88-year-old and wanted to talk to her all day because she agreed with you and i
i also love npr and pbs. i remember in 1983 when there was this raucous about trying to demolish pbs public broadcasting and at that time i wrote my congressman please don't try to get rid of public broadcasting. that is crazy, it is free information for everyone. it doesn't matter who you are, you get information about everything. i remember as a child watching the electric company. it would be a national shame to alter president johnson's initiative to help broadcasting for everyone. that is...
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it's a more valuable resource, maybe pbs. absolutely cspan. so thank you for what you do right at the metropolitans do. it's essential that with this democracy. ask me again. what was it just me greta. it's. host: the relationship with they press. and will be used twitter by president trump did. michael:li what we watched, alliances this way. i don't think he ever did twitter. i don't think it's going to be institutional journalism. and people like cspan. he is going to or it does not seem likely as a strategy to use twitter. and for my individual perspective, top of the hill of beans but thankfully that's not going to happen way. but i'm not sure. it's the right checks and balances. he's not aot great speaker is nt going to come out and be a kennedy or an obama. with his charisma. personal story, when you went and shot an interview with joe biden, he was limited to 15 or 20 minutes. usually do a downhill four to our trailer interviews with people. as with very limited. fifteen minutes off him. but as a cobra goes off, he might tell our top fo
it's a more valuable resource, maybe pbs. absolutely cspan. so thank you for what you do right at the metropolitans do. it's essential that with this democracy. ask me again. what was it just me greta. it's. host: the relationship with they press. and will be used twitter by president trump did. michael:li what we watched, alliances this way. i don't think he ever did twitter. i don't think it's going to be institutional journalism. and people like cspan. he is going to or it does not seem...
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and highest numbers that pbs were 73. upstairs or downstairs through the '70s and '80s but to buckley's should grant the flying circus did very well command much better. and pbs is thrilled so they're getting the young male viewers watching specifically monty python. that is just the need him to even consider. i say he must have spent so should grant. to say this is a dead liberal party. but he is thinking what is she doing? and when the reagan in administration defunded pbs and all programming but what is great is to read the letters that buckley sent out to those raising money. and with the wealthy capitalists here is some money to keep the show going . with other private foundations. and there was never a doubt once he was defunded in the '80s. >> you must have read some of his book. >> but cruising speed is 72? i would recommend cruising speed. and it is okay. did at the peak of his power to deal with political issues but not so much that there is of a limousine and a sailboat not like those later books to talk about
and highest numbers that pbs were 73. upstairs or downstairs through the '70s and '80s but to buckley's should grant the flying circus did very well command much better. and pbs is thrilled so they're getting the young male viewers watching specifically monty python. that is just the need him to even consider. i say he must have spent so should grant. to say this is a dead liberal party. but he is thinking what is she doing? and when the reagan in administration defunded pbs and all programming...
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they were broadcast nationally on pbs, this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film. my co-author was the originator of that idea. but i have to say if something is satisfying it is seeing your name in a book. actual physical book, not just e-book if there is an e-book but something about seeing your name in a book is really great. >> host: michael pack, author of "created equal: clarence thomas in his own words," president of manifold productions inc. . we appreciate you being on booktv. >> guest: thank you very much. >> listening to programs on c-span through c-span radio just got easier. tell your smart speaker play c-span radio and listen to washington journal daily at 7 a.m. eastern. important congressional hearings and other public affairs events throughout the day and week as a 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. eastern, catch washington today for a fast-paced report on the stories of the day. listen to c-span any time, tell your smart speaker play c-span radio, c-span powered by cable. >> weekends and c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv docume
they were broadcast nationally on pbs, this is the first one we've chosen to turn into a film. my co-author was the originator of that idea. but i have to say if something is satisfying it is seeing your name in a book. actual physical book, not just e-book if there is an e-book but something about seeing your name in a book is really great. >> host: michael pack, author of "created equal: clarence thomas in his own words," president of manifold productions inc. . we appreciate...
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see on pbs's front line. mr. kirk, thank you for the time. pest guest you're more than welcome. >> "washington journal live every day with issues that impact you. wednesday morning "the hill"'s katie williams discusses house and senate investigation into russian interference in the 2016 campaign. tea party patriots cofounder jenny beth martin discusses president trump's 2018 budget. california congressman ted liu weighs in on the president's 2018 budget. watch c-span's "washington journal, live 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> sunday on "q&a" -- >> i had a friend who was vaporized along with a six-man security team that i had built together and sent to the airport. it took three weeks to separate them all. it is, war is not a game. it is not a funny thing. >> former counterterrorism and intelligence officer, malcolm nance on his career, the most recent book, the plot to hack america, how wikileaks tried to hijack the 2016 election. >> it came out of hijacking isis while we were writing hacking isis, we found there were
see on pbs's front line. mr. kirk, thank you for the time. pest guest you're more than welcome. >> "washington journal live every day with issues that impact you. wednesday morning "the hill"'s katie williams discusses house and senate investigation into russian interference in the 2016 campaign. tea party patriots cofounder jenny beth martin discusses president trump's 2018 budget. california congressman ted liu weighs in on the president's 2018 budget. watch c-span's...
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i had a thick accent, i needed to talk like pbs and c-span. let's talk white and stock black, so i like hip-hop, pbs, that was passing for trump era, and publicly -- i want to be as public about it as i can. >> you came out as undocumented. >> as though that era and this era, donald trump is the culmination of everything we have done wrong on immigration since the clinton years. this is a bipartisan mess. i thought i was going to do a book about cycles of bad policy and immigration reform. i was going to do that and anybody else could do that. i had a lot of journalist friends who could write cover stories so the book is about psychological homelessness. what does it mean to not have a home and what does it mean to live a life, lying, passing, hiding, what is the psychological toll for that and you are talking to someone who has resources and needs and if i struggle with it, people don't have resources. >> how do we get from a 16-year-old riding his bike to the dmv to becoming a pulitzer prize winning reporter for the washington post, what is
i had a thick accent, i needed to talk like pbs and c-span. let's talk white and stock black, so i like hip-hop, pbs, that was passing for trump era, and publicly -- i want to be as public about it as i can. >> you came out as undocumented. >> as though that era and this era, donald trump is the culmination of everything we have done wrong on immigration since the clinton years. this is a bipartisan mess. i thought i was going to do a book about cycles of bad policy and immigration...
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. >> yeah, i think "sesame street" made pbs, frankly, and here's why. in a lot of markets, including washington, but also detroit, and los angeles, beginning pbs was on uhf channels that were foreign to most people and hard to tune in on some sets. andpbs was not getting a the lot of press and people didn't know where it was on the dial until "sesame street" came along and it was such a sensation everybody needed to know where the local pbs outlet was, so i mean, i think it gave pbs its legs and gave it its identity, and ever since that time, i think pbs has been a very safe haven for children and i think they can to do a very, very good job in providing, especially for preschoolers, an array of shows, that are -- parents always asked me when i was family television columnist at "t.v. guide," what can i let my child watch while i'm doing the dishes and i would always say you are safe turning to the pbs kids line-up and don't like the idea of tv being a baby sitter but if you watch something it is a safe bet it will be okay on pbs. so i hope that answers
. >> yeah, i think "sesame street" made pbs, frankly, and here's why. in a lot of markets, including washington, but also detroit, and los angeles, beginning pbs was on uhf channels that were foreign to most people and hard to tune in on some sets. andpbs was not getting a the lot of press and people didn't know where it was on the dial until "sesame street" came along and it was such a sensation everybody needed to know where the local pbs outlet was, so i mean, i...
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chairman the pbs frontline film "american insurrection" airs tonight at 10:00 eastern time on pbs. a. c. thompson is a correspondent and also reported for propublica. mr. thompson thanks for your time and happy new year mr. thas so much. >> the senate in recess until 2:15 p.m. eastern for the weekly party caucus lunches. when lawmakers return dibble resume double resume consideration of judicial and executive nominations and later they could also consider voting rights legislation. as always you can follow live senate coverage here on c-span2. >> environmental experts testify about the need for more federal oversight of the band and offshore pipelines. watch tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next, the mayors of bratislava,
chairman the pbs frontline film "american insurrection" airs tonight at 10:00 eastern time on pbs. a. c. thompson is a correspondent and also reported for propublica. mr. thompson thanks for your time and happy new year mr. thas so much. >> the senate in recess until 2:15 p.m. eastern for the weekly party caucus lunches. when lawmakers return dibble resume double resume consideration of judicial and executive nominations and later they could also consider voting rights...
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, cnn and back to pbs and what is now pbs newshour. >> what do you do for people who live under a rock? >> senior correspondent and co anchor for the nightly pbs newshour. >> thank you for all your years of service. [applause] >> gracia martore, good morning. did i pronounce that right? you have some italian and sisters? some ancestors from italy? >> all of them. some from outside the coast and some from sicily. i think you also have some italian ancestry. >> not that i know of. >> that is unfortunate for you. >> maybe i have some italian descendants. where did you grow up? >> i have a much dollar childhood and judy. i grew up outside boston, massachusetts, went to college in massachusetts and moved to the washington area in 1980, have been with them since. >> you are practically a lifer but you used your origin in massachusetts as an excuse to run to cape cod all the time. >> i wish we were in cape cod all the time. we are huge boston red sox fans. [applause] >> always a good thing to point out. love massachusetts. we have housing cape cod that we don't get to as much as we would like
, cnn and back to pbs and what is now pbs newshour. >> what do you do for people who live under a rock? >> senior correspondent and co anchor for the nightly pbs newshour. >> thank you for all your years of service. [applause] >> gracia martore, good morning. did i pronounce that right? you have some italian and sisters? some ancestors from italy? >> all of them. some from outside the coast and some from sicily. i think you also have some italian ancestry. >>...
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pbs sponsor is chevron corporation. chevron petroleum. no connection. they said you cannot realign-- o check them out yourself and amazon with the texaco unit that has been accused of dumping will to poison the local people and the kids our dying price of the "wall street journal" said it is of fraud and "new york times" is repeating it and it is called investigative repeating. [laughter] but i am not allowed to do that in britain. by the way bbc cannot take money from british petroleum. how do i get there? we'll arrange a boat to i take the planes and a jeep into the jungle but if you are in the sierra club it is the rain forest but if you are there is a jungle. take my word and the guy says who was driving said they showed am looking for the african queen to take into the village. he is pointing your boat. said dug out log with that hand carved paddle i see my hat floating down luckily the indigenous person comes out of the jungle to grab the paddle and off we go. i go to check out these people we were told by chevron
pbs sponsor is chevron corporation. chevron petroleum. no connection. they said you cannot realign-- o check them out yourself and amazon with the texaco unit that has been accused of dumping will to poison the local people and the kids our dying price of the "wall street journal" said it is of fraud and "new york times" is repeating it and it is called investigative repeating. [laughter] but i am not allowed to do that in britain. by the way bbc cannot take money from...
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theoretically pbs regional commissioner would report to the central office pbs commissioner into the deputy administrator andy at a straighter. >> so he was supporting in his commission are all through some another chain of command to mr. peck? in his acting regional administration will, he was doing what? >> he was reporting to steve lee, senior counsel to the administrator. >> which is like reporting to the administrator? >> directly reporting -- >> yet a chain of command at steve reported to the administrator. >> what did that lead to? or with airports to whoever steve lee says to headquarters? and disco as i can administrator >> when jeff reported to steve leeds? >> whatever conversations he's received, i was not proud of that reporting chain. >> i'm simply trying to understand whether or not mr. neely was to himself when he held these two rows or whether there is any coherent reporting authority who was in charge here. >> certainly on paper there is a chain of command
theoretically pbs regional commissioner would report to the central office pbs commissioner into the deputy administrator andy at a straighter. >> so he was supporting in his commission are all through some another chain of command to mr. peck? in his acting regional administration will, he was doing what? >> he was reporting to steve lee, senior counsel to the administrator. >> which is like reporting to the administrator? >> directly reporting -- >> yet a chain...
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in their book, the roosevelt, a companion book to the seven part pbs series. they also took phone calls and e-mails and tweets on "washington journal." just program is about 45 minutes. >> filmmaker ken burns joins us wrer jeffr tow with geoffrey ward. nourteen hour documentary, morea yrs 100 years of history. did you think there wouldn't be enough material? >> it is the most extraordinaryi story of an incredible family and an amazingin country.ay than >> i think that they raise issues that we have today. .. in the tension between idealism and pragmatism. the important thing is that traditionally weak cover these guys independently. we assume that because the it or was republican and franklin was a democrat that you can segment them and they contribute to different silos of american history when in fact they intertwined and integrated families, with the last name roosevelt is of much more interest. exponentially more interesting when you see how related they aren't that there is no franklin or eleanor without theodore. that there is no "new deal," without the
in their book, the roosevelt, a companion book to the seven part pbs series. they also took phone calls and e-mails and tweets on "washington journal." just program is about 45 minutes. >> filmmaker ken burns joins us wrer jeffr tow with geoffrey ward. nourteen hour documentary, morea yrs 100 years of history. did you think there wouldn't be enough material? >> it is the most extraordinaryi story of an incredible family and an amazingin country.ay than >> i think...
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law and disorder, frontline, pbs. presumed guilty, pov, pbs. the oath, pov, pbs. >> and the winner is, pov, presumed guilty, pbs. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, roberto fernandez, your. [applause] [speaking in spanish] >> thank you. everybody involved in presumed guilty, come up on stage please. imagine being kicked off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and find yourself sentenced to 20 years in a mexican state prison. this is what happened to antonio when he asked for help and he is here with us tonight. when he asked for help, my wife and i managed to get him a retrial and give them an astonishing lawyer to get him freed. but when i asked for help from people -- they turned my footage into the most successful in mexico's history. injustices are happening everywhere in the world and in almost every speced mexico system is worse than the u.s. except perhaps -- perhaps someone. mexican move does not have the -- sadly troy davis is gone. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding news dis
law and disorder, frontline, pbs. presumed guilty, pov, pbs. the oath, pov, pbs. >> and the winner is, pov, presumed guilty, pbs. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, roberto fernandez, your. [applause] [speaking in spanish] >> thank you. everybody involved in presumed guilty, come up on stage please. imagine being kicked off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and find yourself sentenced to 20 years in a mexican state prison. this is what happened...
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on all pbs stations nationwide. [applause] >> thank you so much what a great morning it has been needing no introduction
on all pbs stations nationwide. [applause] >> thank you so much what a great morning it has been needing no introduction
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his new seven part pbs series, "the roosevelts" premiered last night. and i have reliable information that the ratings were extreme high and that they are sworn. pictures will be broadcast every night this week. in this film he focuses on the powering but flawed figures who, before they were history, were family. he was able to draw on newsreel footage, radio broadcasts, and personal documents, notably a true of newly discovered letters tween fdr and his cousin daisy, as well as on an enormous line for photographs. ultimately, nearly 2400 stills were used in this series. burns has always rejected using the voice of god approach to narration, relying instead on contemporary voices to bring his subjects words to life. in "the roosevelts" you will hear some of our, some of america's greatest actors, including paul giamatti as theater, edward herman as franklin, and meryl streep as eleanor. conference is also a frequent guest at this podium, because, like his films, he never becomes outdated mac please join me in welcoming the documentarian and press club m
his new seven part pbs series, "the roosevelts" premiered last night. and i have reliable information that the ratings were extreme high and that they are sworn. pictures will be broadcast every night this week. in this film he focuses on the powering but flawed figures who, before they were history, were family. he was able to draw on newsreel footage, radio broadcasts, and personal documents, notably a true of newly discovered letters tween fdr and his cousin daisy, as well as on an...
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news hour social media website and platforms and to be broadcast on pbs stations nationwide let's get started only ten days out so let's talk about this. six out of 12 primaries how will you make this more newsworthy or different from what has come before? >> first of all it's great to be here i think what we will draw from is the strength of this panel we have three great moderators from pbs as well as alberta that are individuals that bring incredibly different experiences to the table and right now they are intensively focusing on questions and we been working on this for almost ten months to get a debate to prepare for the debate but sitting in a room with pbs and with my team looking at a wide range of questions from readers and my experts and 300 people in the newsroom and with the minutia of policymaking and climate change and health care and tech policy and what is frankly the story we want to tell over two hours? it's almost like putting together a story and we are both thinking of what has been covered and in the moment now but these candidates who they are in their philosop
news hour social media website and platforms and to be broadcast on pbs stations nationwide let's get started only ten days out so let's talk about this. six out of 12 primaries how will you make this more newsworthy or different from what has come before? >> first of all it's great to be here i think what we will draw from is the strength of this panel we have three great moderators from pbs as well as alberta that are individuals that bring incredibly different experiences to the table...